After evacuating from the airport, Li Ziyuan and his troops did not dare to delay at all, and directly penetrated the Basongling line in the northwest direction. In order to avoid encountering the Japanese puppet army, Li Ziyuan specially asked Guo Laosan to take a team in front as a warning force, and always maintained a combat formation during the march.

Li Ziyuan, who knew that he had completely stabbed the hornet's nest this time, knew that he had to rush into Basongling before the surrounding Japanese troops reacted and the mobilized troops arrived. And Laoding Mountain, which is only five kilometers away from Changzhi, is definitely not the best place to hide yourself.

Because although it is located at the junction of Hubei and Changzhi, it is too close to Changzhi City, and it will become the first search target of the Japanese army. Based on their own judgment of the subsequent psychological state of the Japanese army, the Japanese army will definitely think that they will enter the mountain as soon as possible after hitting the airfield.

With an area of more than 40 square kilometers, only five kilometers away from Changzhi City, and quite dense vegetation, Laoding Mountain may be considered by the Japanese army to be the first hidden place they chose. The target that the Japanese army searched, the first one would be placed there. Judging from what they did this time, the Japanese army will definitely not be less powerful.

The room for maneuver on Laoding Mountain is far less than that of Basong Ridge, which is a little further north. Although the distance of Basongling is a bit far, there are still strongholds of the Japanese puppet army along the way. Choosing Basongling as a temporary hiding point, the change of enemy situation along the way will expose you to considerable danger before entering Basongling. However, Li Ziyuan still chose Basongling as the best route to return to Hubei by detour.

Sometimes walking a little more is not a bad thing for me at the moment. At present, the establishment of its own troops is 'mixed,' and although it is fully equipped with weapons, its combat effectiveness has declined to a certain extent. At the same time, after a long continuous march and operation, the troops are also extremely tired at the moment. Fighting an encounter with the Japanese army is not a good thing for yourself.

Therefore, Li Ziyuan led his troops, regardless of the danger of being besieged by the Japanese army on the marching route, and marched quickly all the way north. Fortunately, at this time, although the Japanese army was looking for Li Ziyuan's headquarters all over the sky, their main attention was still on the periphery of Changzhi City, and they couldn't care about the defense in the north for a while.

When moving towards Basongling, Li Ziyuan avoided all the villages, but also avoided the Japanese puppet army strongholds along the way, and even avoided contact with the common people as much as possible. At the same time, no one is allowed to smoke or light an open fire even if they are tired along the way. In order to avoid a large number of people who were left behind, Li Ziyuan asked Zeng Sheng to personally lead the broken troops.

Guo Laosan, who Li Ziyuan put in front of him, also had a keen sense of smell, and almost became a living siren. Li Ziyuan's attitude is obvious, even if there are only two puppet armies, he will not fight, as long as he can avoid it, he will resolutely avoid it. All for the purpose of concealing his whereabouts and entering Basongling safely.

Even on some road sections, in order to avoid the strongholds and villages of the Japanese puppet army in front of him, and avoid making faces with the Japanese puppet army, Li Ziyuan even did not hesitate to take a detour. You can walk in the mountains, but you definitely don't walk on flat land. You can walk the fields, but never the roads. If you can walk in the woods, you will never take the paths. Never enter any village, even if there is no Japanese puppet army stronghold.

Fortunately, although Jingjiazhuang is located in the plain area, it is not far from the straight line distance of Basongling in the north. Li Ziyuan did not choose to enter Laoding Mountain, and successfully evaded the first 'wave' search of the Japanese army. Li Ziyuan had a very accurate grasp of the mentality of the Japanese army, after he destroyed the Changzhi Airport. The search force sent by the Japanese army was indeed the first target of the Laoding Mountain.

The Japanese army mobilized its forces to encircle Laodingshan and launched a dragnet-style sweep. But he didn't expect that Li Ziyuan didn't enter Laoding Mountain at all, but chose to bypass Laoding Mountain and go straight to Basongling. The Japanese puppet army concentrated its forces and first swept away Laodingshan, which brought a gap that could be used invisibly for Li Ziyuan's penetration.

Although the entire Changzhi County is the most densely populated area in the southeast of Shanxi, Li Ziyuan did not enter any villages when he marched all the way. At this time, it was also during the period of the Japanese puppet army's sweep', as long as the ordinary people were fine, they also stayed at home honestly, so as not to suffer from unwarranted disasters.

On the night of Li Ziyuan's operation, no one came out to move easily. And although Ma Yongcheng and He Sanliang were two people along the way, they were too tired to see the troops marching and fighting continuously, and they wanted to rest several times, but Li Ziyuan refused without hesitation.

Before the entire Changzhi Japanese puppet army discovered his traces, Li Ziyuan hurriedly and slowly entered Basongling. And the continuous marching and fighting made Li Ziyuan's subordinates extremely tired. Many cadres and soldiers, even tired on the march, dozed off.

After entering the Basongling Ridge and advancing more than ten kilometers to the north of the Hu, Li Ziyuan, who was completely relieved, ordered the troops to rest. Behind them, the Japanese puppet army in Changzhi was still in the Laoding Mountains, conducting a large-scale search.

Li Ziyuan chose not to enter any village, which meant avoiding the eyes of the Japanese puppet army in Changzhi. As a result, the Japanese puppet army did not really find out its whereabouts at all. By the time the Japanese puppet army that had been transferred from Hubei to reinforce them returned to Changzhi and was tightly sealed at the 'junction' between Changzhi and Hubei, Li Ziyuan's headquarters had already withdrawn to Basongling.

However, Li Ziyuan's department escaped, but the Changzhi Independent Battalion, which had just completed the reorganization, almost became a substitute for the dead. Fortunately, the battalion commander of this independent battalion reacted quickly and forcibly broke through to the west before the Japanese puppet army completed the final encirclement. After a hard battle, he jumped to the jurisdiction of the Taiyue Military Region in the west of Changzhi.

But even if it finally escaped, the battalion was still under the rapid encirclement of the Japanese puppet army, and the casualties reached one-third. After the Japanese army swept the 'sweep', through the underground organization, it was clear that this time, after the Japanese army suddenly cracked down on the 'sweep' in Changzhi, they scolded Li Ziyuan's mother for a day.

You Li Ziyuan jumped to fight in Changzhi territory and no one said no, but why can't you say hello in advance. Even if your brother wants to eat alone and doesn't think about the two armies joining forces to fight, you have to give the brother troops a psychological preparation, at least let the brother troops be prepared.

Your brother is good, after eating alone and making the Changzhi Japanese army three times a day, he patted his ass and left cleanly. Because the brother troops were caught off guard, they were almost not surrounded by the two infantry brigades of the Japanese army, plus the main force of the pseudo-Jin Nanjian, and they became substitutes for the dead in a daze.

This time, Li Ziyuan jumped into the territory of Changzhi to make a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, although the Changzhi Independent Battalion, which suffered a lot of losses, and its superior, the Taihang Third Division, were very dissatisfied. It is believed that Li Ziyuan did not say hello to the cross-border operation, stretched his hand too long not to mention, and did not report to the brother troops, which caused a certain passivity and great losses to the brother troops.

However, for Li Ziyuan's big trouble this time, the headquarters of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army who participated in the sweep of the Taihang base area were transferred back. It can even be said that to a considerable extent, it has reduced the pressure of the anti-sweeping and 'sweeping' operations in the Taihang base area, and at the same time, it has also reduced the damage caused by the Japanese puppet army's sweeping 'sweeping' to the Taihang base area.

The most important thing is that as the main force of the 'sweep' of the Taihang base area, the 36th Division, which was engaged in a thunderous attack, transferred back the troops participating in the sweep ahead of schedule. As a result, the Japanese army's sweep of the Taihang base area could only be terminated early because of insufficient troops. After all the participating forces of the 36th Division retreated, the Japanese troops in other directions were also forced to retreat hastily.

Moreover, he knocked out the Jingjiazhuang airfield of the Japanese army in Changzhi, and also caused the reconnaissance planes that had been hovering over the Taihang base all day long and posed a great threat to the combat operations of the main force to completely disappear over the Taihang base area. The thief's eye in the sky was dug out, and the movement of the main forces was also facilitated.

After 'figuring' out the real reason for the Japanese army's early termination of the sweep, the deputy commander-in-chief, who was quite satisfied, commended Li Ziyuan's department in a general order. Of course, these things are not what Li Ziyuan, who is currently resting in Basongling, can know now.

After retreating to Basongling to hide and wait, Li Ziyuan personally led the team out of the mountain to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. Perhaps the main force of the Japanese puppet army in the entire Ludong Army sub-district was transferred to the territory of Changzhi to sweep the 'sweep'. It turned out that the situation of Japanese puppet troops everywhere in Hubei has completely changed. Except for a few main strongholds, there was no brigade of Japanese puppet troops in the entire Hubei territory.

Li Ziyuan personally led the team to reconnoitre, in addition to 'figuring' the enemy's situation, so that he could make up his mind at the first time. There is also the most critical reason, that is, to find Liu Lianming, who should be active within the scope of District 1. Li Ziyuan, who was very distrustful of Liang De in District 1, did not go to the District Committee of District 1 at all.

When I went out to reconnoitre, when I passed by the village where the family that had solved the supply for myself after I got out of trouble in Basongling, I was trapped. Li Ziyuan looked at this countryside that seemed very calm under the night, and remembered those gentle eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he 'handed over' to the congratulatory chapter beside him.

After listening to the Huizhang, he had an obscene and understanding expression, and he quietly came to the 'door' of the house. After thinking about it, Li Ziyuan finally did not call the 'door', but chose to climb over the wall and enter. Li Ziyuan, who was afraid that if he called the 'door', he would alarm the surrounding neighbors and bring unwarranted disasters to the owner, so he finally chose the most hidden method.

It's just that what his action makes the owner of the house think, that's another matter. After entering the courtyard, Li Ziyuan carried a gun in one hand and cautiously walked to a side room with the other, and knocked lightly on the 'door'. He didn't know who lived in it, and he locked the 'door' of this house just because the lights were still on.

As for Li Ziyuan, who kept telling himself in his heart that the purpose of his trip was just to visit the old man again, so as to thank Li Ziyuan for his help before. Is there any other thought in his mind, that is, no one knows except himself.

When the people in the house were alarmed by his gentle knock on the door, Li Ziyuan was greeted by a rolling pin. However, this result is not unexpected. In this era of war and chaos, it is estimated that no one will be regarded as a good person if they do not knock on the 'door' of the courtyard and directly climb over the wall.

Fortunately, Li Ziyuan reacted quickly and turned around to avoid the oncoming thick rolling pin. After dodging the oncoming weapon, he didn't care that he hadn't seen clearly who was in front of him, but his intuition told him that it should be a 'female' Li Ziyuan. hurriedly explained in a whisper: "It's me, the Eighth Route Army who came some time ago and got help from your family." ”

His explanation made the person on the other side stunned, and at the same time, he hurriedly put down the rolling pin in his hand that was about to be called again. And it was also at this time that Li Ziyuan saw clearly that the person in front of him was the 'female' owner of this family, and also the young 'woman' who had a pair of gentle eyes that made him never forget.